Bonjour Bondi

Bonjour Bondi!

After almost a month spent in my home country, France, so good to be back home, Bondi Beach. God, I missed you... It's been almost nine years that I've made Sydney home so when I go back to Paris, I'm a tourist in my own city and believe me it's definitely the best way to experience it.

Everything was just incredible, between my sister's wedding, catching up with family and friends, celebrating the World Cup, partying in St Tropez... It went so fast! If you want to see some of it, go on my Insta @amaurytreguer

Coming back here feels so good though - winter in Bondi is pretty mild: 25 degrees yesterday arvo, 19 degrees in the water and catching up with all my friends. Loving it!

Have a fantastic week and chat to you tomorrow,

xoxo

Amaury

Bonjour Bondi!

You beautiful thing! 

Reflection

The three musketeers

Back to the routine, catching up with my mates before work. Love it! 

The amazing race

All smile for Charlotte Piho

Hola Bondi Lifeguards! 

Morning Pete! 

Wave of the day

À bientôt!

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was not bad at all, it all started with a wild boys night on Friday night (the only decent photo of us here the rest is history!), then surfing, birthday party for the little Bastien and packing for France.

That's right, today is my last update for quite a while as I'm going to France for 3.5 weeks to attend my sister's wedding and spend some quality time with my family and friends back there. Am I going to miss Bondi? Sure is (as always)! Am I going to have fun in France? Most definitely! If you want to follow my adventure between Paris, Normandy and the French Riviera, feel free to follow me on my personal Insta here: @amaurytreguer

On another note, as promised, I have just used a lucky draw generator for the Sound Healing Meditation giveaway and the winner is.... drumroll please... Mariel T. Congrats! I will be in touch separately and for the ones that entered but didn't win this time, don't worry there will be other giveaways as soon as I'm back from Europe!

Stay safe my friends and take care,

À bientôt (See you soon in French!)

Amaury

I'm going to miss this place...

...and these chaps! 

Yes you too Icebergs! ;)

Reflection

A few good waves this morning

While I'm away, you can always follow Uge from Aquabumps, he takes decent photos! 

When you leave your camera 5 minutes to Francky! That's the result, never again! 

Finally

Morning peeps,

A bit of a late update but I got slightly excited to see such a great weather that I took way too many photos... Then you need to select the best ones, quick edit, export and write a blog post. All this takes time! 

Hope you all had a great week, mine was very intense with again heaps of presentations and workshops. I'm finally done with it for quite a while. That's right, on Tuesday I will be boarding a plane direction Paris. I can't wait to be on holidays to be honest... 

Only a few days left to win a ticket for you and a friend to the Sound Healing Meditation session. All the details right here: http://bit.ly/SoundHealingGiveaway Good luck my friends! 

Have a fantastic weekend, it's meant to be good so make the most of it. I will chat to you on Monday.

Cheers! 

A.

Hello gorgeous! 

Claudia from Bondi Surf Report at work. Give her a follow: @bondisurfreport_

So good to see a bit of sun!

How good!! 

My good friend Freja! 

Him

Her

Waves are in town

Sun is back

Morning my friends,

Sun is back, so am I!

It was well worth getting drenched at 5:45am this morning on my way down the beach. At 7am everything was forgotten and it ended up being pretty amazing!

It was so nice to see a bit of sunshine after this horrendous weather that we had the last couple of days! The only amazing thing that I saw in the last two days was the sunset last night. You can see it on my personal Instagram Stories before it disappears @amaurytreguer (you just need to click on my profile pic) The sky turned all pink for 5 minutes tops! Very apocalyptic, I was expecting to see an army of Martians dropping by in Paddo! ;) 

On another note, if you haven't seen my Facebook & Instagram post from Monday. I'm running my very first giveaway ever. If you are into yoga and meditation, you will lose your s**** (Pardon my French!) If you are not, like me, you should still try your chance as I very much enjoyed it. All the deets here: http://bit.ly/SoundHealingGiveaway  Good luck my friends! 

Enough talking, here are the photos from this morning. 

xoxo

Amaury

So good to see you, sun of a beach! 

Wind, sun & mist = incredible! 

Eugene and his little assistants

Hello beautiful! 

Ripples

Winter laps

A few waves

Dangerous currents, for shure... It was a washing machine out there! 

TGIF

Hola amigos,

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) After a pretty busy week, I'm so glad that it's finally Friday...

I actually have another busy week next week but then I'm on holidays so can't really complain - Can I?

This morning was stunning. From the first lights at 5:45am till 7:40am when I left the beach. We did hill sprints with Paul, coffees with the rest of the gang at Chapter One and then photos and swim.

That was far the busiest day of the week, I saw 50 people all up ;) Besides the fact that it's cold and there are less photo opportunities, winter is definitely the best time to go down the beach. You feel like you have Bondi for yourself! No joke except the surfers surfing the tiny waves in front of the lifeguard tower, I was by myself in the water (and obviously the whales cruising and breaching around Ben Bucker)! So nice...

Have a fantastic weekend my friends and get ready to check the newsletter early next week as I'm going to organise my first giveaway ever. If you are into yoga and meditation, you will luuuuve it!

Ciao! 

Amaury 

6ish

Love this building!

Texture

Ben Buckler, looking amazing

That's as busy as it gets... 

Overflowing

TGIF

Now look to your right... that's it! 

Lazy day for the lifeguards today...

Still.

Vitamin Sea

Morning my friends,

Wow! Another amazing morning down in paradise...

After a fairly big night out with work, the only thing that I was dying to do this morning was to go for a dip in the ocean and that's exactly what I did. By far the best way to cure a hangover... I almost feel as fresh as I was feeling before all the beers and gin & tonic that I had last night. 

Enough about me, this morning was just beautiful and very peaceful - not much happening except probably the fashion shoot happening at Morning Bondi HQ (Yes, I'm talking about the platform above the public toilets in South Bondi!)

Enjoy the photos and chat to you tomorrow,

Ciao! 

Amaury

Hello beautiful! 

Before the sun

The Tan brothers

Best place to catch-up with friends before work

Sharing is caring

A bit over the top

So delicate! 

The iconic coastal walk at sunrise

New angle (Who can guess where was this photo taken?!)

Fashuuun! 

BBB (Beautiful Bondi Beach)

Latte anyone?!

Angry

Charles, another Frenchy that likes his morning swim

#BOOM!

Icebergs

Pink Paradise

Morning fellas,

How stunning was this morning!! 

The sky turned all pink, that's actually the reason why I called the album Pink Paradise (no link whatsoever with the Parisian strip club, you dirty mind!) ;) 

We did boxing with Paul and Kim and I had to stop before my last round to take photos. Such a nice way to get interrupted! Then, the usual routine, coffee at Chapter One, chit chat with my morning friends and swim. I know it's hard to believe but the water was incredible...

Have a lovely day and chat to you tomorrow. Here are 14 photos for you to look at, yes I went a bit over the top this morning but wanted to capture every single angle.

Ciao,

Amaury

Pink Paradise

Patchy sky

Ben Buckler

I think it's actually the first time that I take a photo of this building but this morning I couldn't help it...

Early birds

Not much waves but epic sky!

Yew!

Campbell Pde.

Surfing at dawn

The line-up

Shorey!

Nailed it! The focus is on the beautiful tree and not on Derek. Sorry mate! 

When the sun popped-up

Richy Penny caught on his morning walk

Pitch

Morning peeps,

Hope you all had a great long weekend. Mine was not too bad except that I had to work a fair bit for the big presentation that I have today. 

This morning was nippy (9 degrees at 5:30am) but once the sun was up, it got slightly better and the water was great. I know a lot of people tend to tell me that I'm crazy to still go for swims but I'm not that crazy. The water is 10 degrees warmer than outside and it's by far the best way to wake up! 

Enjoy the photos.

Amaury 

Hello Sun! 

Reflo

Arty

Splash

Shorey!

Next GQ cover?! (By the way, I can get you their numbers if you wish?)

John going in

FOMO

Morning my friends,

How good was this morning?! It was just incredible!!!

After finishing work at midnight last night, I nearly slept in but I'm so so glad that I didn't... It was well worth waking up. Very hard to compete with a start of the day like this.

As I was saying yesterday, I've had a hell of a week and it's continuing as we speak. If this morning was not as beautiful, I wouldn't have bothered with a blog post and a newsletter but I feel like it would have been a shame. So here you go my friends and hope you appreciate the effort! ;) 

Have an amazing long weekend,

Amaury

PS: Very sorry for not sending a newsletter yesterday but here is the blog post from yesterday in case you've missed it: Minimum.

PS 2: FOMO means Fear Of Missing Out, that's what young and cool people say!

FOMO

YOLO (You Only Live Once)

Frame it! 

Horizon line

Reflection

Campbell Pde.

#Nofilter

Golden

FriYay! 

Minimum

Morning my friends,

Long time no speak... This week has been pretty bad weather wise so not much photo opportunities.

Unfortunately, I don't have much time at the moment, I'm fairly busy at work, hence the title "minimum". 

After Tuesday, weather permitting, I promise everything will be back to normal.

Enjoy the photos.

Amaury

Yellow clouds

The clouds reflection on the water was stunning this morning

Minimalist

Very quiet down the beach

Cleaning day

Hello beautiful!

Bondi trench

So delicate! 

Pink clouds too! 

Light Show

Morning my friends,

Happy Friday!

It was an amazing light show down there. The sun was fighting against the heavy clouds, the rain and the strong wind.

All the photos that you are about to see were all taken in literally 10 minutes and I put them in chronological order so you can enjoy exactly what I saw. Crazy right?! One of the most efficient updates I've ever done... It was well worth getting wet! 

On another note, last night I was invited by my friend Viktoria to go to the Sound Healing Meditation class that I was telling you about a few weeks ago. If you know me, you would know that it's definitely not the type of things that I would usually do. I was actually quite sceptical about the whole thing but in fact I actually really enjoyed it and I slept very well last night too! Double bonus! Check my Stories on my personal Insta HERE and if you feel like trying, they are organising another one on June 28th. I will share the event once it's live.

Namaste my friends! 

Amaury

First photo

Empty beach

Golden Clouds

...and it starts! 

Sepia look

Seagulls

Big waves crashing

Behind the Bergs

Kaleidoscope effect (droplets on the lens)

Heavy rain

HOPE

Autumn Bliss

Morning my friends,

Let's be honest, we can't really complain about the weather... After a pretty epic Summer, Autumn is incredible so far!

Yes this morning was a bit nippy, 11 degrees, but after two rounds of boxing, I was personally warm enough. At 7:15am, I was even jumping in the water for a quick dip! 

This morning, in the middle of our boxing session, the sky decided to get on fire. We quickly stopped, took a few shots and went straight back at it. 

Then the usual routine: coffee at Chapter One (best coffee shop to watch the sunrise), Morning Bondi HQ (platform above the public toilets) and Icebergs.

Have a fantastic day my friends! 

Amaury

What a show! 

A bit of pink too

The Lifeguards Tower

South Bondi looking amazing this morning

South Bondi, a bit more on the right

Told ya, Chapter One, best coffee shop to watch the sunrise (This is not sponsored but actually they should sponsor me, I have been there everyday for the last 5 years!!!) 

Urban Jungle

Isn't she beautiful?

Pick, Pick, Pick... et colégram (only the Frenchies will get it!)

Icebergs getting a wash

Unpredictable

Morning peeps,

What a morning! It was meant to be grey, potentially raining and dull and in fact it ended being the total opposite. 

My first tip, never trust the weather forecast in Australia, they are pretty much always wrong. My second one, just go down every morning as there is always something good to see anyway.

On a very sad note, not sure if you have seen this yesterday but a whale got caught up in fishing ropes and lines in Bondi and unfortunately is in a very bad condition and lost. Very sad! Read more here.

I'm late enough so no more chatting...

Here are the photos

Amaury

Heavy clouds

David Wesson and mates about to go for a point to point... Good on you boys! 

The cutest thing that I have seen this morning, the little Emily Amestoy

John Macarthur post-swim

The second cutest thing that I have seen this morning, father & son post-surf. I can't wait to do the same with Charlotte

Micro-tube

Shorey! 

Jethro James & Michael Jenks setting-up the beach

Picture perfect

All smile for Pete! Always good to bump into you mate! 

Smokey Tuesday

Hola amigos,

Another day, another bush fire somewhere... When I woke up at 5:30am the smell was pretty strong! Very smokey! 

The only advantage of these fires is that it creates pretty epic colours in the sky. 

We went to the jungle gym with the gang: Paul, Bertie, Carlos and then David joined us for the lazy bits: coffee, chit chat at Morning Bondi HQ (Yes it's an actual place, please like the Page and tag yourself when you are on the platform) and swim.

Have a lovely day and if you haven't done it yet, subscribe to the newsletter as the Facebook & Instagram reach are screwed. Only a small portion of you see these posts (#FOMO)

You can either sign-up with the form below or wait for the annoying pop-up window that I have just implemented last week to come-up. Sorry team but you don't have much choice here. ;)  

#BOOM! Apparently people like when I write it so here you go - one for you François Régis! (Yes the guy is French like me, can you tell?!)

Amaury

Smokey Tuesday

Keiron's single fin

Beautiful Bondi

Ben Buckler looking on point (you see what I did here!) 

When the sun pops up above North Bondi...

Splash at the Bergs

I could frame that one and hang on my wall

My very good mate David Finato that I've known for years... 12 years to be precise. Half photographer - half trader

Bondi Bather

Morning my friends,

Well well well... It would be lying if I was telling that today was a cracker! It wasn't really, just a very calm and peaceful Monday morning with not much happening except probably my friend Kerry from Bondi Bather getting interviewed by Sunrise, Channel 7.

Kerry Cusack started Bondi Bather a few years ago, by using local photographers photos and printing them on bikinis. Her shop used to be in the same street as I was living, Roscoe Street and has now moved to Gould Street, the best shopping street in Bondi Beach with brands like Venroy, Orlebar Brown, Tuchuzy for the ladies, Academy Brand... and Saturdays NYC a bit further up.

Anyway, Kerry is killing it and her collections have evolved, being recognised globally and Bondi Bather is now part of the same group as Jets Swimwear (The PAS Group). Good on you Kerry - very proud of you!  

Anyway, enough talking about bikinis, here are the photos.

Have a great week my friends,

Amaury

Kerry Cusack from Bondi Bather getting interviewed by Sam Mac from Sunrise, Channel 7

Horizon line

The boys setting-up the beach

Blending in

Leftovers from the weekend

Crew

Morning my friends,

Happy Friday! 

Today was probably a bit less spectacular than the last few days but I was with most of my mates so it didn't really matter to be honest.

We joined for coffee at Chapter One, our meeting point and then headed to Morning Bondi HQ, which is the platform above the public toilets South Bondi (I know, sexy, right?!) for some chit chats and photos. Basically, what Morning Bondi is all about: spending some quality time with my mates before heading to work.

On a more serious note, a friend asked me to help out and share the following. After looking at the cause and the beautiful short film, I didn't hesitate for a minute. Today is International Missing Children’s Day and some film industry dads in Sydney got together to make an impactful little film and a website for parents to learn more about child protection. Visit www.gone.film and watch the short film here. Good work peeps! 

Have a great weekend,

Amaury

The crew (not looking at the camera but at Uge's one) 

Still at Chapter One... 

Golden swim

Reflection

Ben Buckler

John post-swim

The lovely Claudia from Bondi Surf Report - follow her Instagram here

Shipment

Rebels

About to go for a swim...

Squeeze

Morning my friends,

Another day another late one... My apologies but squeezing everything before heading to work can sometimes be a bit challenging. 

The moment I arrive home, I start my amazing race, getting ready for work, brekkie, uploading photos, selecting the best ones out of 170-200 photos, looking after my daughter, light editing of the photos, exporting the best ones, changing my daughter's nappy, washing my hands, writing my blog post (yes I'm talking about the cr*p that you are currently reading), making the bed, writing the Facebook status, the Tweet, cleaning my breakfast table, selecting the best photo for Instagram, uploading the Insta Story, getting the newsletter ready, taking the rubbish out... and heading to work!

I'm tired just by writing this... 

Anyway today was beautiful once again.

Have a lovely day! 

Amaury

First photo of the day! 

Pool cleaning day

Surf Lifesaving Club

Surfing the white wash

Empty or Full this place is a gem

I have all respect for models. It's definitely not the easiest job in the world... You need to be ready to take incredible risks (NB: Please note that no model was hurt during this photoshoot, just a bit wet, that is all)

Running tracks

IN...

...and OUT

Swell

Morning my friends,

The swell is back in town with some pretty good waves coming through. Bondi was probably not the best spot to surf this morning but ehh can't complain...

Too tired to train, I just went for the best bits: coffee, photos and swim.

Short one today as I have back to back meetings... Busy bee! 

Chat to you tomorrow but for now enjoy the photos,

Amaury

Hello Sun! 

After yesterday's Bin Bouquet, the Bin Bin...

I could watch waves rolling in for hours... like this guy!

Yew! 

White wash

Hidden in the bush

Badass parking

So delicate! I like the water details of this shot...

Bouquet

Morning my friends,

How's everyone today? Good night sleep? Mine was pretty rubbish if you want to know. At the moment my body clock wakes me up everyday around 4:30am. Very annoying! 

Anyway, who cares about my sleep (except me), I joined my mate Paul for a jungle gym sesh, then the usual coffee and photos.

Trust me there is never a dull moment in Bondi, this morning we were welcomed by a Bin Bouquet. As I was saying earlier this morning on Instagram, an amazing initiative by Sean Cook (@mrcookthefloristwhich) He's recycling flowers from past events and decorates bins with them. I don't know if you are like me but it's that type of actions that I believe restore faith in humanity. Good on you mate! 🙌🏼 It actually made me so happy that I decided to interview him, check my Instagram Story by clicking on my profile pic.

Unfortunately, this beautiful art installation didn't stay long and has already been removed by the Waverley Council. Don't you think that they focus their efforts on the wrong things? Shouldn't they remove all the crap around the streets or fixing the jungle gym water tap before getting rid of beautiful flowers? Anyway... 

On another interesting note, the shark alarm went off again this morning (second time in a month) and trust me in no time, all the surfers were out of the water. Great show to watch!

Have a lovely day and sorry for the delayed update but fairly busy morning.

From Bondi with Love,

Amaury

Bin Bouquet by Sean Cook from @mrcooktheflorist

Pre-sunrise pink lights

Cairo Mansions getting a tan (one of the first buildings to get lit in the morning)

Love the colours in the sky

This is the type of photos that I could hang on my walls. So peaceful! 

You go mate! I watch and take photos...

Another view of the Bondi Icebergs

When the shark alarm went off...

The Bondi Lifeguards securing the beach. Good on you boys!

MMM

Morning my friends,

MMM for Marvellous Monday Morning. That's right, it was just amazing this morning and very quiet so only a few had a chance to witness the incredible sunrise. 

I'm far from being a futurist or a meteorologist but this morning when I arrived down the beach at 6am I could predict that it was going to be a cracker. The horizon line was already looking pretty spectacular with some thin clouds all over the beach.

I ran from Bondi to Bronte and back in less than 25 minutes (not showing off here, actually a tiny bit) but I just didn't want to miss it and I did well.

Have a lovely day and a fantastic week,

Amaury

Marvellous Monday Morning

Hello Horizon! 

Unridden

Very quiet! 

Campbell Parade looking at its best

Couples that train together stay together...

Go for a surf if you can! 

A bit of green

RAMP 1

...and that's a wrap!